Are our apps listening to our conversations? As consumers grow increasingly wary of data breaches and privacy violations, the question arises: how can we discern if an app is surreptitiously spying on ...

On Feb. 23, T-Mobile, which completed its merger with Sprint in April of 2020, announced that it intends to use customers' "web and device usage data" for third-party advertising.

Ensure Wi-Fi Is Actually Enabled. Sometimes high data usage happens because you turned off Wi-Fi and just forgot. When my internet access goes down, I often do this and forget to turn it back on ...

AT&T caps hotspot use past 10 GB to 128 kbps, while Sprint chokes it to 32 kbps (or you can buy extra full-speed use at $15 a gig). T-Mobile and Verizon only say you’ll be throttled back to 3G ...

If you'd rather not turn off mobile data across every installed app — for example, if you intend to use a map app or want to be able to check your email regularly — it's also possible to close ...

In Chrome and other browsers, blocking third-party cookies won’t stop the trackers from sending your data, but it will make it harder to link that data to you. 2.

In Chrome and other browsers, blocking third-party cookies won’t stop the trackers from sending your data, but it will make it harder to link that data to you. 2. Install a privacy-protecting ...

In this guide we’ll show you how to check or monitor data usage on Android. Even if you have an unlimited data plan you can still easily burn through all your high-speed data watching HD videos ...